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March 16, 2011

Reklaw approves request for “Share the Road” signs

Meagan O'Toole-Pitts Jacksonville Daily Progress The Jacksonville Daily Progress Wed Mar 16, 2011, 07:31 PM CDT

REKLAW — The Reklaw City Council voted at Tuesday’s meeting to approve a request by ABATE District 11, the East Texas chapter of the motorcycle rights organization ABATE, to post “Share the Road” signs in the city.

City council members approved the placement of two “Share the Road” signs in Reklaw.

“Share the Road” signs, sponsored by Texas Confederation of Clubs & Independents, aim to make drivers aware of motorcyclists on the road and reduce the number of motorcycle collisions, said Brenda Daniels, assistant coordinator of Texas ABATE Confederation, Inc.

“We believe that these signs help save motorcyclists lives,” Daniels said. “We feel that whenever these signs are up, people will see those and kind of be more cautious.”

In 2009, 432 motorcyclists were killed in traffic accidents in Texas, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.

“I think that is would be appropriate to have the motorcycle signs put up as a measure to prevent accidents and prevent fatalities,” said Reklaw Mayor Harlan Crawford.

“Share the Road” signs are posted in Jacksonville, Henderson, and Tyler. ABATE District 11 received approval from the City of Rusk in November to post “Share the Road” signs. Signs should be posted in Rusk by the end of March, Daniels said.

“It’s our goal and our mission to get as many signs as we can up in each city and town and on the major highways,” she said.

The City of Reklaw will submit a letter to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and TxDOT will decide where exactly the “Share the Road” signs will be placed.

“We have one major intersection of highways — (State) Highway 204 and (U.S.) Highway 84 — and that’s where the two signs would come in place,” Crawford said. “It would be where it’s most visible and where the most accidents possibly could happen. We have a lot of accidents at that junction of (State Highway) 204 and (U.S. Highway) 84.”

Reklaw City Secretary Judy Ritter said when the signs will be posted is uncertain.

At Tuesday’s meeting, the Reklaw City Council also voted to increase Utilities Operator Steven Bingham’s pay from $12 per hour to $13.25 per hour. Bingham was hired as the city’s third utilities operator in September.

After completing a six-month employment probationary period, most employees receive a pay increase, Ritter said.

Due to rising gas prices, the city council also passed a motion to increase the price paid for grass mowing of six city lots from $45 per lot to $50 per lot.

For the past six years, Crawford has mowed the city lots, Ritter said.

Crawford did not vote in the motion to increase the price paid for mowing city lots.

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